"Come on! Don't tell me you can't defeat a single slime!" The dark figure of the boy said
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"Don't worry I got it! I just need an opening"
A blue slime was bouncing around the place like a maniac, the figure tried to kill it with a small sword but he was way too weak to penetrate the slime's defense, an anonymous dark figure of an man then approached them and with a single move of his hand he created a compound sphere of mana that was directed at the slime, the attack destroyed the slime on impact
"Hey, kids! Don't go around playing with monsters" Said the figure of the man
"Sorry sir! It will not happen again!" The figure told him
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The figure of the man then left
"What a weird guy, anyways, let's go find the others, they must be worried" The kid said
-The others?-
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"Where the hell am I?" Teras wondered
He had woken up in an unknown location near the river, it was day but the sun hardly could pass through the deep layer of leaves that the trees created
'What was this dream? it felt way too real' Teras though
This dream wasn't foggy like all the others, this dream was crystal clear for him so that surprised him, a slime appeared from nowhere to disturb Teras's thinking, the slime's color was white, Teras easily defeated it
'That's right! We were chased by slimes and I jumped off a hill and managed to escape but what about the others?'
Teras didn't want to think the worst so he quickly activated his mana flow and started to look around for everyone, he followed the river's stream so he can get back to the place he was without getting lost in the forest
Teras was moving as quickly as he could but the fall from the hill damaged his legs and ribs so he was healing himself too and because of that, he couldn't reach his top speed. After minutes of running Teras was able to locate the cave that Cara was sleeping at, thanks to the traps she had set up Teras could easily tell that someone was inside it, Teras cleverly avoided the traps and searched for someone, in his surprise he found Cara sleeping on the floor with a knife in her hands
"Cara thank god you are alright!" Teras said as he hugged her
Cara woke up to Teras hugging her, she was very surprised
"Teras? Are you okay?" Cara asked him in surprise
"I am! We have no time to waste! We also have to find the others because they may be in even bigger danger!" Teras told Cara while he helped her get up
"Before we go can you help me heal my legs? I tried to heal them but they seem to be very injured to the point that I can't heal them on my own"
"I can see that! Now stay steady and I will try to heal them" Cara said as she looked at his bruised legs of Teras
Cara then used her powers to heal Teras, Teras was clinging his hands because of the pain
"I did as much as I can! Just don't push yourself too much or else the pain will probably come back" Cara informed him
The two of them then quickly and safely exited the cave
"We should go this way because last night I heard slimes hopping in this direction!" Cara said
They then followed the sound that she heard last night, moving around the forest was a bit harder because the previous day a heavy rain fell, the trees were slippery and the ground was sticky but the two of them had to push further in order to find their friends, they couldn't just abandon them in the forest
After some minutes of running they spotted Har's rock roof, under the rock roof Lia was sleeping, she was covered with Har's shirt, Teras and Cara didn't see Lia
"Seems like you finally found us, friends" Har said from behind them
They were glad they saw Har
"Har, what happened to your hand?" Cara asked as she rushed to inspect his arm
Har's burned arm was untreated all night, Cara quickly started healing Har's arm
"That hurts Cara! You could have warned me..." Har said, but he was interrupted by Teras's hug
"I'm sorry that I put you in this dangerous situation, I swear I will never make the mistake to separate us ever again" Teras told him, he was very upset of himself
"Don't worry Teras! You were scared..."
"That doesn't matter! I am your captain and I hurt you with my stupid decisions" Teras said by cutting Har off
"The healing is done, can you feel your arm now?" Cara asked Har
"It's much better but it still hurts" Har told her with a smile
Teras then had an idea, he started looking into his bag and found one of his red potions
"I bought this stuff before coming here! I think it's the perfect time to use it" Teras said as he handed the potion to Har
"Whoa! A health potion? It's my first time holding one with my hands, are you sure you want to give it to me?" Har asked Teras
"Don't make me angry, it's my fault that you got hurt in the first place so drink up before I force you to drink it" Teras told him with a smile
Har then drank every drop of the potion and his arm started to slowly heal more and more to the point where you couldn't tell that he had a burn in the first place
"This stuff works like a charm!" Har said with surprise
Teras was surprised too, he didn't expect to work this fast
"Wait Teras! If you had this all along why didn't you use it on your legs?" Cara asked confused
"Because mine wasn't any fatal injuries, plus I could easily heal them with time" Teras answered
Lia woke up by all of the noise the others were making
"H-H-Hey guys! W-what are you doing here?" Lia asked embarrassed
Cara quickly went for a hug when she saw Lia wake up
"I missed you, Lia! I'm so glad you are alright" Cara told her, when Cara entered the man-made cave she saw blood under her
"Whose blood is this? Are you sure that you both are alright?"
Cara asked them, Lia and Har became fully red from embarrassment
"I-I-It's from m-my arm d-don't worry about it" Har said while dragging Cara out of the shelter, Lia quickly got out too
"What are we going to do about this giant red slime?" Lia asked Teras
"After what that bastard did to us, we have to kill it, correct?" Teras said with D E T E R M I N A T I O N
"Are you insane? We nearly got killed fighting this monster" Cara said with anger
Teras started chuckling
"Now Cara I don't remember the king slime touching us, the only thing that hurt us all was his underlings right? After all those slimes I'm sure that most of the slimes have been slain so that leaves the king slime alone, that means that if we all fight it together we can win!" Teras said, Har agreed with him
"Teras isn't wrong, Lia and I defeated a golden slime yesterday, the red slime is just a tier higher than the gold one so that means we can defeat it with Teras's destructive power and Cara's and Lia's support"
"That is a very risky thing to do though, remember Har, the golden slime almost burned your whole arm off so how can you be this confident about winning?" Lia asked Har
"Hey! Don't jump to conclusions, I didn't say what the plan was" Teras told them
"The plan?" Har asked confused
"I noticed that the king slime has a special ability that allows itself to harden when a hit is approaching it, so to defeat it we have to attack it with a surprise attack, so the plan goes like that. I find the king slime and I slowly drive it close to a hill, since Har can harden himself he can jump from the hill and harden his legs so when he lands on top of the slime he would fatally wound it, then Cara and Lia can strike the slime from the opening that Har will create and keep in mind that I will also keep on hitting the slime with my mana overflow so I doubt that the slime can defend itself" Teras explained to the others, and most of them agreed to the plan
"And what if the king slime has more servants that we don't know of?" Cara asked rightfully
"I will simply kill them all!" Teras told her with a smile
"Fine I agree but don't forget about your legs condition" Cara warned him, and then the three of them took off to the hill
'Now that they left I can move more carelessly' Teras thought, he then activated his mana vision and started to follow this strong hint of mana that he saw on the ground, after some time he also found destroyed trees
'This must be where the king slime went' Teras thought so he enhanced his body with mana and followed the destroyed trees, eventually, he found the slime, the slime was frozen in a place
Teras picked up a rock and threw it at the slime with force, the rock bunched off like it was nothing
"COME AND GET ME YOU SLIMY PIECE OF SHIT!!!" Teras screamed at the slime in order to get its attention
Teras managed captured its attention and the slime launched itself at Teras like a bullet, Teras was surprised but he managed to dodge the attack by jumping over the slime
He then charged his weapon with mana and struck the slime, the attack scratched the slime's skin dealing a lot of damage it but the slime quickly healed the damage, the slime then tried to attack Teras but he used a mana shield as a stepping tool to jump away the attack
The king's slime attack was strong enough to penetrate any mana shield that Teras could create and he knew it
The king slime suddenly started channeling its energy to make a beam
'If a golden slime burned Har's whole arm that was covered with rock then what will do to me?' Teras thought as he looked at the slime preparing the attack
Teras then retreated to the forest, he wanted to lose contact with the slime but the slime started following Teras while it charged the attack at the same time
'You have to be kidding me! He can move and charge at the same time?' Teras thought as he swiftly ran around the logs of the trees
Teras was trying to take the slime away from the place where the others were because the attack the slime was charging was more deadly than anything they have ever faced up until this point, Teras eventually reached a tall hill, it was an open area with little trees around
'This spot should be a good spot to fight it'
Teras then started to throw around all of his smoke spheres that he bought together with the potions, by throwing everything Teras managed to cover the whole area with smoke that reached the top of some trees
The slime arrived at the hill but it had a hard time locating Teras, suddenly something entered in the slime's body, it was a Teras' sword, Teras then enhanced his blade with mana and sliced it from the inside
The king slime angrily hopped around the clouded hill after the damage it took, Teras then started stabbing the slime, and with each stab his hands sunk deeper and deeper into the king slime, burning them little by little because the body of the king slime was made by a toxic material that was harmful to the humans
'Endure it for a bit, the other will finish it off!' Teras thought
By blinding the slime Teras had given himself a chance at attacking it without its hardening ability getting in the way, the plan was perfect until something bad happened, when Teras attacked again the slime managed to harden itself at the last second so Teras was unable to take his arm out of its body
"Let go of me!" Teras was screaming because of the pain
He was trying to pour as much mana as possible into his hands to take them out but it was futile
The slime's hardening was something that Teras couldn't handle but Teras didn't give up he continued to pour and pour as much as he could
"RELEASE ME!!!" Teras screamed an explosion then occurred from the hand of Teras that allowed him to free his arm from the deadly body of the slime
"What was that?" He cluelessly wondered as he looked at his damaged hand